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Laffy Guy
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Posted: 27 Dec 2016 at 12:14pm |
Squaters rights for the mourning. And what happens if someone dies in the same exact spot that someone else did? Do they have to file for a time share?
I'm not trying to sound disrespectful, but i imagine that someone owns some of those properties and I'll bet their insurance companies wouldnt be too thrilled with the idea of burning unattended candles around tall weeds. Any opinions? |
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Jimbo
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I'm pretty sure they're usually on public property, i.e. a city/county/state right of way and I don't think I've ever seen a case where someone lit candles then went away leaving them burning.
I don't have a problem with them. |
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Kelly H
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I think it would be better if there was a time limit, like one month, then it must be cleaned up, as they get very messy looking after awhile. They do, however act as a reminder to people to "slow down" which is a good thing, but sometimes they can overtake an intersection causing more problems than what was intended.
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aka ron
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I was in the first full year of my life in Wisconsin when this happened not too far to the east of where I was staying.
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Wis. —
It has been 10 years since the deadliest highway crash in Wisconsin history. On the morning of Oct. 11, 2002, drivers described hitting a "wall of fog" as they headed south on Interstate 43 near Cedar Grove. "I was sitting at my computer," said Eva Balint, who lives near the crash site. "I heard that thump, thump, thump." The wife and I were traveling later that year and decided to stop at the crash site. RIP
A few years before that I lost a good friend, she was the roommate of my next door neighbor Matt.
A beautiful woman in her late 20s. She fell asleep at the wheel and hit a tree headon.
I stopped at that site too. There was still a lot of blood, . Her name was Shelly and Matt had left some broken sea shells there.
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Jimbo
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There have been a few of those around here.
In 2008 there was a 70 car pile up on I-4 between Tampa and Orlando. Amazingly, "only" four people died. |
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
Jackson Browne - The Pretender C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States |
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MrTim
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I often wonder how many additional accidents they cause because people are trying to read them as they drive past. I think a better long-term solution is to spray paint a small "memorial" onto the asphalt at the edge of the road. Just use a stencil and put in the name, etc...
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